- Year of composition: 2005
- Duration: 13:37
- Instrumentation: 5.1-channel fixed medium
- Commission: ZKM
- ISWC: T0722921518
Stereo
ISRC CAD500811180
- 48 kHz, 24 bits
Hi_Res investigates a technology fetish, the kind often featured in B-series science-fiction movies. At the basis of Hi_Res is a text — a short excerpt from the user manual for the Motor Mix MIDI controller — read by Canadian composer Darren Copeland. In a sense, this assumed awkwardness highlights the absurd importance technology has taken in art. So I admit it: there is a kitsch side to this piece, and it is peppered with irony.
[English translation: François Couture, viii-07]
Hi_Res was realized in 2005 at the studios of the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (ZKM) in Germany. A first version premiered on February 11, 2005 during the trans_canada festival at the ZKM’s ZKM_Medientheater. The final version premiered on May 14, 2005, under the provisional title Hi_Res.1, during the Elektra Festival at Usine C in Montréal. The piece was commissioned by the ZKM. My thanks to Ludger Brümmer, the team of the ZKM’s Institut für Musik & Akustik, and Darren Copeland.
Premiere
- February 11, 2005, trans_canada: Paysages • Landschaften • Landscape, ZKM_Medientheater, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- May 14, 2005, Elektra 2005: Concert, Usine C, Montréal (Québec)
Composition
- Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (ZKM), Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Revision
- 2005-02 – 2005-05, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)